News

Congratulations to Patrick on his new IR job at Kendall College in Chicago!

Congratulations to Nicky on her new faculty job at the University of Miami!

Props to Patrick, Ed, and Josh on a few new publications to start 2015!

Welcome to Our Lab

Welcome to Ed Hirt's Psychology Lab website. Please feel free to look around and read about some of the students in our lab as well as some of the projects we have been working on recently. If you have any questions or would like more information about the lab, feel free to contact us using the 'Contact Us' link above. For information about applying for a position as a research assistant or graduate student, visit our application

Fanship Study

You are invited to participate in a research study of fanship of Indiana University Basketball. The purpose of this study is to assess how IU students and basketball fans think about and react to their team's performance during the season. Researchers around the country are interested in the effects that sports have on the lives of people, and we are trying to better understand the psychology of the sports fan.

In this study, you will answer several questions online and read a news article. It should take about 25 minutes. Any questions can be directed to nhlewis@indiana.edu.

Our Purpose

Dr. Hirt's lab involves research from several different topics in social psychology. In general, we are interested in topics related to the self, different aspects of creativity, and areas of judgment and decision-making.